Improvement in gates



nin. wlsELL Improvement in Gates.

` N o, 129,702, Y Patented July 25,1872.

UNITED STATES PATENT CEEICE.

DAVID D. wIsELL, 0E zANEsyILLE, INDIANA.

lMPRovEMENT IN GATES'.

y `Speciication forming part of Letters Patent No. 129,702, dated July23, 1872.

Speciiication describing certain Improvements in Farm-Gates, invented byD. `D. W1- SELL, of Zanesville, countyof Allen and State of Indiana,reference being had to the accompanying drawing and letters of referencemarked thereon making a part of this speciiication. t

Figure lis a front view of my entire gate partially opened, showing itsattachment to an ordinary fence. Fi g. 2 is a plan View, showing theparts claimed as improvements.

To the heel-post is hinged or pivoted a rotating post, through the upperthird of which is an elongated mortise. In the lower part of thismortise is secured one end of a supporting-bar; the other end, extendingto the center of the gate, is fastened between the ends of a doublebrace extending from the lower part of the rotating post,for1ning withsaid post and bar the triangular supporting-frame to sustain the gate-inits vertical position while being opened and closed. In the centralpartof said mortise, and between the projecting ends of the double brace,are anti-friction rollers, upon which and secured to the cross-cleats onthe back part of the gate is an obliquesust taining-bar, the projectingend of which passes under a strap or its equivalent on the latching-frame,

post, making the fastening to the gate when closed.

The front end of; the gate can'be elevated for the passage of smallstock and secured to its place by passing the projecting end ot thesustaining-bar between the upper boards of the fence and putting a pinthrough it into the latch-post.

To ope'n the gate slide it back on the antifriction rollers to itscenter, the Obliquity ofthe sustaining-bar elevating it sufficiently toclear' all ordinary obstructions, and then rotate it, together with itssupporting-frame, ninety degrees. Should the gate, while4 in thisposition, be in the way of passing with a wide load, the peculiar modeof hinging allows it to rotate to one hundred and thirty-ve degrees. The

t gate, when in this position, is then slid forward, as in shutting, andplaced entirely out of the way.

t What I claim as my invention is In combination with a triangularsupportthe oblique sustaining-bar It, secured to the gate A, in themanner and for the purposes set forth anddescribed.

Witnesses: D. l). WISELL.,

D. H. SMITH, J. H. ORMsBY.

